The period from the late-1960's to the early-1980's was a time of repeated "Bad News" in America; the following is a partial list of events from the era . . .
Tet Offensive (1968)
Concert at Altamont (1969)
Watergate Scandal (1969 - 1974)
Fall of Saigon (1975)
"Stagflation" (1973 - 1982)
Love Canal Disaster (1977 - 1978)
Three Mile Island (1979)
Iranian Hostage Crisis (1979 - 1981)
U.S. Boycott of the Moscow Olympics (1980)
Attempted Assassination of President Reagan (1981)
It seemed America could not do anything right (that's why so many Americans celebrated GOOD NEWS when the
U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated the U.S.S.R. 4 - 3 in the semi-final round, and then won the gold
defeated Finland)
It seemed America could not do anything right (that's why so many Americans celebrated GOOD NEWS when the
U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated the U.S.S.R. 4 - 3 in the semi-final round, and then won the gold
defeated Finland)